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SJ 48 Virginia Retirement System; JLARC to study system for determining eligibility for disability claims.

Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; JLARC; determination eligibility for disability claims under the Virginia Retirement System; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the system for determining eligibility for disability claims under the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program administered by the Virginia Retirement System. In conducting the study, JLARC shall (i) examine and compare the system operating when determinations of eligibility were made by Virginia physicians and health care professionals to the current system where the determinations are made by a contractor, (ii) review the differences in the rates of approval and denial under the two systems, and (iii) review and compare the rate of appeals under the two systems and the decisions of hearing officers regarding such appeals.


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